105 dead in Central America after days of rain

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — At least 105 people have died in flooding and landslides provoked by 10 days of heavy rains in Central America, authorities said Thursday.

More than a million people have been affected in the region, prompting officials to ask for humanitarian aid and urge those unaffected to show solidarity.

Almost 60 inches of rain have accumulated in the past 10 days. The cumulative record of Hurricane Mitch, which devastated the region in 1998, killing 11,000 people, was 34 inches, said Salvadoran Natural Resources Minister German Rosa Chavez.